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Chivalry Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
"from above" sometime????
Here's the sentence that confuses me so badly:
"A camera was mounted on a remote-controlled helicopter to get pictures of the damaged reactors from above Sunday in hopes of getting a better look at the damaged housings of the No. 1, 3 and 4 reactors"
What does that "from above Sunday" actually mean?????
In my opinion it's either from or above, how come both at the same time?(And definitely it won't be
"above" Sunday anyhow, either.)
This is from the CNN news website, so I assume there's not supposed to be any grammatic error,
which is weird.
"A camera was mounted on a remote-controlled helicopter to get pictures of the damaged reactors from above Sunday in hopes of getting a better look at the damaged housings of the No. 1, 3 and 4 reactors"
What does that "from above Sunday" actually mean?????
In my opinion it's either from or above, how come both at the same time?(And definitely it won't be
"above" Sunday anyhow, either.)
This is from the CNN news website, so I assume there's not supposed to be any grammatic error,
which is weird.
Top answer
chivalry Here's the sentence that confuses me so badly: "A camera was mounted on a remote-controlled helicopter to get pictures of the damaged reactors from above Sunday in hopes of getting a better look at the damaged housings of the No. 1, 3 and 4 reactors" What does that "from above Sunday" actually mean????? " Sunday is when the event occurred.
- chivalry Here's the sentence that confuses me so badly: "A camera was mounted on a remote-controlled helicopter to get pictures of the damaged reactors from above Sunday in hopes of getting a better look at the damaged housings of the No.
- 1, 3 and 4 reactors" What does that "from above Sunday" actually mean?????
- " Sunday is when the event occurred.
- On Sunday, a camera was mounted on a helicopter to get pictures of the damaged reactor from above.
- (From the sky above the reactor, rather than from the ground.
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chivalryHere's the sentence that confuses me so badly:It's not "from above Sunday." Sunday is
"A camera was mounted on a remote-controlled helicopter to get pictures of the damaged reactors from above Sunday in hopes of getting a better look at the damaged housings of the No. 1, 3 and 4 reactors"
What does that "from above Sunday" actually mean?????
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khoffchivalryHere's the sentence that confuses me so badly:"A camera was mounted on a remote-controlled helicopter to get pictures of the damaged reactors from above Sunday in hopes of getting a better look at the damaged housings of the No. 1, 3 and 4 reactors"What does that "from above Sunday" actually mean?????It's not "from above
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Yes, "on Sunday" would be better. People often omit it, but in this case the sentence is complicated enough that including it would be helpful. Even better, in my opinion, would be to move "On Sunday" to the beginning of the sentence.
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